Hector
Tier IX · Cruiser · Commonwealth · Premium
Rating B- (Below average within its tier and class · overall score 46) · Torpedo cruiser
Torpedo cruiser, suited to flanking, DD hunting. It is especially strong against battleships (HE deals a same-tier battleship's HP in about 5 min on paper · torpedoes supply 38% of it). 3 charges of Crawling Smoke Generator let it break vision and escape whenever it gets caught. A full torpedo spread can deal up to 29,264 (all launchers combined). Torpedo DPM is 97% higher than average. 33.4 kn top speed and good turning, rudder shift, acceleration give it excellent mobility.
Key stats
- HP: 27,848
- Top speed: 33.36 kn
- Surface detectability: 7.8 km
- Main battery: 134 mm 7X2 · reload 6.2 s · range 11.22 km
In 1936, Great Britain started designing a cruiser based on a smaller version of the hull of Southampton-class cruisers. As a result, the Fiji-class ships were developed, but if Great Britain had decided to build full-sized AA defense cruisers, a project could have been implemented that embodied an AA defense cruiser based on the hull of a Belfast-class ship.